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EP0428003A2 - Procédé de préparation de polyéther-glycols - Google Patents

Procédé de préparation de polyéther-glycols Download PDF

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EP0428003A2
EP0428003A2 EP90120770A EP90120770A EP0428003A2 EP 0428003 A2 EP0428003 A2 EP 0428003A2 EP 90120770 A EP90120770 A EP 90120770A EP 90120770 A EP90120770 A EP 90120770A EP 0428003 A2 EP0428003 A2 EP 0428003A2
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Herbert Dr. Mueller
Gerhard Dr. Jeschek
Rolf Dr. Fischer
Hans-Juergen Dr. Weyer
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    • C08ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08GMACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS
    • C08G65/00Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming an ether link in the main chain of the macromolecule
    • C08G65/02Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming an ether link in the main chain of the macromolecule from cyclic ethers by opening of the heterocyclic ring
    • C08G65/04Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming an ether link in the main chain of the macromolecule from cyclic ethers by opening of the heterocyclic ring from cyclic ethers only
    • C08G65/06Cyclic ethers having no atoms other than carbon and hydrogen outside the ring
    • C08G65/16Cyclic ethers having four or more ring atoms
    • C08G65/20Tetrahydrofuran

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  • This invention relates to a new process for the preparation of polyether glycols by polymerizing tetrahydrofuran or copolymerizing tetrahydrofuran with oxiranes in the presence of heteropolyacids and hydrocarbons.
  • Polyether glycols such as polyoxitetramethylene glycols (hereinafter referred to as “PTMG”), in particular polytetrahydrofuran (hereinafter referred to as “PTHF”) are important starting materials for the production of elastic fibers, elastic construction materials and coatings. They are prepared by polymerizing tetrahydrofuran (hereinafter referred to as “THF”) or by copolymerizing THF with oxiranes such as ethylene oxide or propylene oxide in the presence of cationic catalysts. According to EP-A-0 126 471, heteropolyacids are used as catalysts.
  • THF tetrahydrofuran
  • oxiranes such as ethylene oxide or propylene oxide
  • a process for the purification of PTMG solutions which are contaminated by heteropolyacids is described in EP-A-0 181 621.
  • the PTMG solutions in THF which are primarily obtained in the polymerization of THF and have a PTMG content of, for example, 23% by weight, are distilled to a concentration of about 50% in the first stage by distilling off unreacted THF .-% PTMG brought. Then add a substantial amount of a hydrocarbon, mix thoroughly and allow the mixture to settle in two phases for 30 hours.
  • the lower phase consists of 50% by weight of heteropolyacid, the rest of PTMG, THF and traces of the hydrocarbon.
  • the present invention was therefore based on the object of making the polymerization of THF with heteropolyacids more economical.
  • a possibility should be found to produce narrowly distributed polyalkylene ether glycols continuously.
  • the new process should also use less energy.
  • the polymerization rate and the polymerization conversion increase in the process according to the invention. This was unpredictable. Since the rate of polymerization is influenced by the monomer concentration, a slowdown in the polymerization should have been expected due to the dilution effect.
  • the polymerization of the THF is an equilibrium reaction that affects the tempera door-dependent final turnover determined. Build-up and breakdown in the reaction system are balanced. The conversion, based on the monomer used, should therefore be independent of a solvent present in the reaction system. Deviating from this expectation, however, we found that the polymerization and also the copolymerization of the THF in the solvent leads to a higher conversion than the polymerization in the absence of the solvent.
  • the polymerization of the THF or the copolymerization of the THF with oxiranes, such as ethylene oxide or propylene oxide with heteropolyacids as catalysts, is carried out in a manner known per se, as described, for. B. is described in EP-A 126 471.
  • Heteropolyacids which are used according to the invention are inorganic polyacids which, in contrast to isopolyacids, have at least two different central atoms.
  • Heteropolyacids arise from weak polybasic oxygen acids of a metal such as chromium, molybdenum, vanadium and tungsten as well as a non-metal such as arsenic, iodine, phosphorus, selenium, silicon, boron and tellurium as partially mixed anhydrides. Examples include dodecotungstophosphoric acid H3 [PW12O40] or dodecamolybdophosphoric acid H3 [PMO12O40].
  • the heteropolyacids can also contain actionoids or lantanoids as the second central atom (see Z. Chemie 17 (1977), pages 353 to 357 and 19 (1979), 308).
  • Phosphotungstic acid, phosphoromolybdic acid, silicon molybdic acid and silicon tungstic acid are particularly suitable catalysts for the process according to the invention.
  • 1 molecule of heteropolyacid binds 20 to 40 molecules of water through a coordinative bond.
  • the heteropolyacids used as catalysts should contain about 1 to 8 molecules of water per molecule of heteropolyacid.
  • the water content in the heteropolyacid determines the molecular weight of the polymer obtained. The higher the water content in the catalyst, the lower the molecular weight of the polymer obtained.
  • the stated range of water content from 1 to 8 molecules per molecule of heteropolyacid corresponds to an average molecular weight of the polyether glycol of about 1000 to 3000.
  • hydrocarbons are used in amounts of 20 to 500, preferably 50 to 200,% by weight, based on the THF.
  • the polymerization is carried out continuously or batchwise, e.g. B. at temperatures from 20 to 100 ° C. At normal pressure you choose z. B. Temperatures of 30 to 65 ° C. If you polymerize under pressure, you choose z. B. Temperatures from 35 to 85 ° C.
  • the amount of catalyst is z. B. 20 to 300 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of THF. It is expedient to use a polymerization reactor which is equipped with a mixing device, for. B. is equipped with a stirrer. Since the polymerization takes place in a 2-phase system, it is advantageous to use a phase separator in which the polymer solution separates from the catalyst phase. This lower catalyst phase is returned to the reaction as it occurs.
  • the upper phase of the phase separation vessel contains the resulting polymer, the hydrocarbon used as solvent, unreacted THF and heteropolyacid in the low concentration of e.g. B. 10 to 40 ppm.
  • This upper phase is now neutralized with a base.
  • base come e.g. B. the hydroxides and carbonates of the alkali or alkaline earth metals into consideration.
  • the PTMG obtained is freed from salt traces by filtration. It is often advisable to subject the polymer additionally to a hydrating catalytic decolorization on transition metal catalysts.
  • the new process gives the polyether glycols in a particularly economical manner.
  • the polymers surprisingly contain only traces of heteropolyacids, so that the process according to the invention considerably simplifies the process described in EP-A-181 621, which requires the multistage cleaning of the polymer solutions contaminated by heteropolyacids.
  • the concentration of heteropolyacids in the polymers which are obtained by the process of this invention is so low at 10 to 100 ppm that these proportions do not have to be returned to the polymerization batch.
  • the cost of the loss is negligible and the loss of activity in the polymerization reactor only becomes noticeable after a very long period of time.
  • the small amount of heteropolyacid dissolved in the polymer can be removed in a simple manner by neutralization with a base or adsorption as described in EP-A 0 181 621.
  • the complex separation of the main amount of heteropolyacid from the polymer batches described above on page 1, lines 30-40 is therefore not necessary in the process according to the invention.
  • the polyether glycols obtainable by the process according to the invention are distinguished by a very narrow molecular weight distribution and also outperform the polymers in this advantageous property, which are obtained by polymerizing THF in the absence of hydrocarbons.
  • the polymer phase has a PTMG content of 13% by weight.
  • the PTMG has a molecular weight of 2,410 and a heterogeneity quotient (Mw / Mn) of 1.8.
  • the heteropolyacid content in the polymer phase is 4.5% by weight.
  • the lower phase (catalyst phase) is placed in a polymerization reactor and 150 parts of THF, 0.75 parts of water and 100 parts of cyclohexane are added.
  • the polymerization is carried out at 60 ° C. for 5 hours with vigorous stirring.
  • the first batch provides 258 parts of the upper phase with a PTMG content of 37% by weight.
  • the PTMG has a molecular weight of 2050 and a heterogeneity quotient (Mw / Mn) of 1.5.
  • the separated upper phase contains approx. 28 ppm heteropoly acid.
  • the catalyst phase is returned to the reactor.
  • the polymerization apparatus is then operated continuously by adding 25 parts of THF with a water content of 0.43% by weight and 25 parts of cyclohexane per hour.
  • a mixture of the catalyst phase and the polymer phase enters the phase separation vessel.
  • the catalyst phase settles down. To the extent that it is obtained, it is returned to the polymerization reactor.
  • the upper polymer-containing phase is worked up.
  • the traces of heteropolyacid that are carried along are neutralized with dilute (10% by weight) sodium hydroxide solution and the polymer solution treated in this way is freed from solvents in two stages at normal pressure and at 10 mbar at temperatures up to 180.degree.
  • the polymer is filtered, for example, through a Seitz filter and a pure PTMG of very high quality standard with a heterogeneity ratio of 1.4 is obtained.
  • the degree of conversion of the polytetrahydrofuran in the continuous test, which is operated for a total of 72 hours, is 32% by weight.
  • the polymer has an average molecular weight of 1800, a heterogeneity quotient (Mw / Mn) of 1.6 and a propylene oxide content of approx. 30% by weight.

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